Green Shipping Applications

Green ship solutions for the maritime industry

With the continual increase in global shipping trade, the IMO has introduced an increasing number of regulations in order to reduce the impact that shipping is having on the environment. These include the monitoring of ship exhaust gas and treated ballast water.

CTG has built up a reputation for globally supplying ship based systems to both military & civil operators over a number of years. These systems have been installed on ferries, research vessels, yachts and tankers.

CTG’s solutions are setting the gold standard in delivering monitoring solutions that help owners, operators and regulators ensure that stringent national and IMO compliance standards for washwater from exhaust gas scrubbers and for ballast water discharge are being met.

Videos

IMO Video: Invaders From the Sea

Watch this fantastic film giving a unique insight into the transfer of harmful organisms in ships' ballast water. This amazing story looks at how this phenomenon is affecting our coasts and millions of lives around the world and the measures taken by the global community to fight against these alien stowaways.

Articles

44 invading species loose in the North AtlanticA review just published by PML Applications Ltd (the wholly-owned subsidiary of Plymouth Marine Laboratory, PML) and the University of Plymouth, brings together and updates evidence on invasive species for the NE and SW Atlantic Ocean, in order to assess the risk represented by the shipping trade between these two regions.

IMO 2020 rule could cost shippers extra $60 billion annuallyA study by Wood Mackenzie shows that global bunker fuel costs could rise by up to US$60 billion annually from 2020, in a full compliance scenario, when the IMO 0.5 wt% sulphur cap for bunker fuels kicks in. Fuel oil, which is high in sulphur content, has traditionally been used by the shipping industry as bunker fuel. With the implementation of the IMO regulation in 2020, the shipping industry will have to consider a switch to alternative fuels, such as marine gas oil (MGO), or install scrubbers, a system that removes sulphur from exhaust gas emitted by bunkers. A combination of higher crude prices and tight availability of MGO could take the price of MGO up to almost four times that of fuel oil in 2016, and eventually cost the entire industry additional US$60 billion annually. Sushant Gupta, research director for Asia refining at Wood Mackenzie, said “Installing scrubbers may be an economically attractive option. Although there is an initial investment, shippers can expect a high rate of return of between 20% and 50% depending on investment cost, MGO-fuel oil spread and ships’ fuel consumption. “Despite attractive returns, penetration rate for scrubbers could be limited by access to finance, scrubber manufacturing capacity, dry-dock space and technological uncertainties. The shipping industry is traditionally slow to move, but in this case, early adopters may hugely benefit.”

PSC targets sulphur compliancePort State Control authorities across 45 countries and 5 continents – South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia – have agreed to carry out a so-called Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) in 2018 focusing on air pollution from ships. Peter Krog-Meyer, Senior Adviser of the Danish Maritime Authority said: ”We have achieved two important results. Firstly, all over the world there will be even more focus on whether ships meet the sulphur limits. Secondly, it is a strong signal that so many important port States now clearly show that we have joined forces in our efforts to enhance the enforcement of the sulphur provisions across the borders.”

Carnival Installs Scrubbers on Majority of FleetCarnival has completed the installation and certification of exhaust gas cleaning systems on 60 ships across its brands. Representing a $400 million investment to date, the company is on track to deploy its systems on more than 85 vessels across its global fleet by 2020. The systems will enable Carnival to meet international regulations that place a cap on the sulfur content of fuel oil of 0.1 percent. First announced in 2013, the company broke new ground in engineering a proprietary technology to successfully function in the confined spaces of a cruise ship.

Green Ship Solutions

With over 50 years experience in the design of sensors and systems for aquatic environments, Chelsea Technologies Group now leads the way in providing innovative environmental green ship solutions to the maritime industry. For more information contact Emma Johnson or Stephanie Lavelle.